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  • We Should Be Like The 3-Year-Old Boy (That Paul ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 5, 2008
     | 2,243 views

    We should be like the 3-year-old boy (that Paul Harvey told about) who went to the grocery store with his mother. Before they entered the grocery store she said to him, "Now you’re not going to get any chocolate chip cookies, so don’t even ask." She put him up in the cart & he sat in the little ...read more

  • Give It To The Cat ----Years Ago I Received A ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 16, 2008
     | 834 views

    GIVE IT TO THE CAT ----Years ago I received a call from a member to stop on by her house. I could tell by the call that she was fairly shaken up. She was a lady who was quite advanced in years, and was quite wealthy, well, she was phenomenally wealthy. It turns out that granddaughter had stopped by ...read more

  • The Lost Ladle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,085 views

    THE LOST LADLE Helen was a wonderful Christian woman, She was a single mother raising her only son Tom as best she could to love God. But Helen was very worried when Tom told her he was moving to the Big city. A year went by and all seemed well, when Tom called his mother one day and told her his ...read more

  • God's Will Is God's Word

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 7,872 views

    GOD’S WILL IS GOD’S WORD Jimmy is a professional fisherman. He makes his living fishing on the BASS (Bass Angler Sportsman Society) circuit. He is also a devout Christian and belongs to the FBC Keys, Oklahoma. This year, BASS made a ruling that to be eligible for the fisherman of the year award ...read more

  • No-Cut Auditions

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
     | 1,477 views

    NO-CUT AUDITIONS Dick Sanderson is kind enough to give me a subscription to Leadership, Real Ministry in a Complex World. It is an exceptional magazine. This quarter there was an insert that carried a story called "A Cast of Thousands" by Lillian Daniel. She writes: "At my daughter’s ...read more

  • In 1996 George Tulloch Led An Expedition To The ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 14, 2009
     | 2,427 views

    In 1996 George Tulloch led an expedition to the spot where the Titanic sank in 1912. He and his crew recovered numerous artifacts, everything from eyeglasses to jewelry to dishware. In his search, Tulloch realized that a large piece of the hull had broken from the ship and was resting not far from ...read more

  • On Self-Control  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,871 views

    ON SELF-CONTROL When I’m at the pizza buffet and I’ve already had more than enough to eat, and I know there’s a good chance another slice will make me miserable for the next 3-4 hours and I eat it anyway .... I lack self control. When I decide to stay up late and play video games or surf the ...read more

  • Coronations

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Apr 18, 2011
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     | 3,760 views

    CORONATIONS Have you ever seen a coronation? The queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II became Queen on June 2, 1953 (59 Years ago). Too long ago for most of us to remember. Did you know the the Queen's main residence, Buckingham Palace, boasts 775 rooms and 78 bathrooms? But many of us remember ...read more

  • Do You Have The Nerve Of A Squirrel?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,684 views

    DO YOU HAVE THE NERVE OF A SQUIRREL? A young writer with a very uncertain income went into a quiet park to contemplate a serious problem. For four years he had been engaged, but felt he did not have enough money to get married. He wanted to live and write in Paris, Rome, Vienna, ...read more

  • Shoot The Moon

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 17, 2011
     | 1,747 views

    SHOOT THE MOON The other day I needed to take my mind off things, so I opened my computer and played a game of hearts. Now, like all card games, no matter how diligent you play, there's time when the unexpected happens, and you're hand turns to disaster. One sneaky move from an opponent and it's ...read more

  • Hold Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,149 views

    HOLD FAST A ships crew can be suddenly obligated to ABANDON SHIP and take to the life boats. Such was the case of an American whaling ship in the South Seas. A huge leviathan of the deep, wounded by his pursuits, ran out the mile long line then returned again and struck the ship with incredible ...read more

  • The Immortal Chaplains

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 16, 2013
     | 2,138 views

    The Immortal Chaplains The USAT Dorchester was a troop transport ship used during WWII. It left New York on January 23, 1943 with approximately 900 soldiers and four army chaplains; George Fox, Alexander Goode, Clark Poling, and John Washington. During the early morning hours of February 3, 1943, ...read more

  • Amazing Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 812 views

    A policeman recounted an incident when he and other officers shot an eighteen-year-old boy and burned the body. Eight years later the policeman returned to the same house and seized the boy's father. The wife was forced to watch as policemen bound her husband on a woodpile, poured gasoline over ...read more

  • Giving

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 22, 2023
     | 981 views

    I was raised in the church. My dad pastored 65 years. I graduated college and was married. We returned home for Christmas. We all gathered around the tree. I remembered my speedometer and God’s goodness. My wife and mom handed out the presents. Each family member had several gifts. In the ...read more

  • The Dad I Didnt Know

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 27, 2024
     | 297 views

    He loved my mother dearly. Mom often told me so As she filled me in on things about The dad I didn’t know. He never knew a stranger, and Kind deeds he’d always show; His smile revealed the caring of The dad I didn’t know. His death came unexpectedly The day his heart let go; We children all felt ...read more

  • Throwing Darts  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Nov 9, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,296 views

    Author unknown, received by e-mail. A young lady named Sally relates an experience she had in a seminary class given by her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says Dr. Smith was known for his elaborate object lessons. One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary and knew they were in for a fun day. On ...read more

  • If I Had My Life To Live Over

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,260 views

    IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER (Written after she found out she was dying from cancer.)- by Erma Bombeck I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose ...read more

  • Throwing A Life Away?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,959 views

    THROWING A LIFE AWAY? Lost behind the story of Seabiscuit, the most celebrated racehorse of the 20th century, and the jockey played by Spiderman’s Tobey Macguire was the story of its peculiar trainer, Tom Smith. When the rich man played by Jeff Bridges decided to turn to horse racing, he needed ...read more

  • Gabrielle Carey Is An Australian Author Most ...

    Contributed by W F on Oct 31, 2004
     | 8,276 views

    Gabrielle Carey is an Australian author most widely known for the movie Puberty Blues, based upon the book of the same title. In a later book, In My Father’s House Carey relates an incident that led to her conversion to Christ. Carey was raised in an atheist humanist household. Her father was a ...read more

  • For Example… Let's Say That Next Week I Get A ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 22, 2004
     | 2,112 views

    For example… let’s say that next week I get a chance to go to California. While I’m there, I rent a car and drive around the state capital. I’m stopped at a stoplight and I get rear-ended by a very expensive car. I’m not really hurt, but I’m a little upset. I get out of my car and the other driver ...read more

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